News Archive for October 26 2007

Jail for man who urinated on dying woman

A drunken former soldier who urinated on a disabled neighbour as she lay dying after a fall in the street was jailed for three years yesterday and told that he and his friends had shamed a town.

Putin compares U.S. missile shield to Cuban crisis

MAFRA, Portugal (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a parallel on Friday between U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe and the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, widely regarded as the closest the world came to nuclear war.

Genarlow Wilson Freed By Georgia Supreme Court [Genarlow Wilson]

You might remember the Genarlow Wilson case, memorable detailed by Wright Thompson on ESPN.com back in January. The case involved Wilson, a high school football star and honors student, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old when he was 17. Well, great news this morning: He is being released from prison.Georgia's [...]

Air France strike enters 3rd day

Queues of frustrated, angry passengers built up at main French airports as Air France cancelled scores of flights on the third day of a strike by cabin staff.

Hand Grenades Explode at Mexican Consulate in New York

Two homemade hand grenades exploded at the Mexican Consulate in New York this morning, police sources said, in an incident that bore striking similarities to a pre-dawn attack on the British Consulate in New York on May 5, 2005. Officials and ABC sources gave this account: At about 3:50 this morning, two homemade explosive devices were thrown at the [...]

Mac OS X Leopard released

Apple recently released its latest computer operating system, Mac OS X Leopard. You can view a quick presentation of the OS here. New features contain improvements to the desktop, the introduction of Time Machine, and more. A set of detailed system requirements can be found here.

Owen Wilson Gives First Interview on MySpace

Owen Wilson has given his first interview since his suicide attempt – to his longtime friend, director Wes Anderson. In the interview, to be posted online Friday at midnight, Wilson talks with the director of his latest film, The Darjeeling Limited, as part of the MySpace Artist on Artist series, according to USA Today. Wilson has been [...]